Dennis Grote
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Dennis Grote | ||
| Date of birth | 9 August 1986 | ||
| Place of birth | Kaiserslautern, West Germany | ||
| Height | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) | ||
| Playing position | Left winger / Midfielder | ||
| Club information | |||
| Current club | SC Preußen Münster | ||
| Number | 20 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1. FC Kaiserslautern | |||
| FC Vorwärts Wettringen | |||
| –2002 | SC Preußen Münster | ||
| 2002–2004 | VfL Bochum | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps† | (Gls)† |
| 2003–2010 | VfL Bochum II | 41 | (3) |
| 2004–2011 | VfL Bochum | 85 | (7) |
| 2011 | → Rot-Weiß Oberhausen (loan) | 13 | (0) |
| 2012– | SC Preußen Münster | 2 | (0) |
| National team‡ | |||
| 2005 | Germany U-19 | ||
| 2006 | Germany U-20 | ||
| 2007–2009 | Germany U-21 | 14 | (0) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 6 February 2012. † Appearances (Goals). |
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Dennis Grote (born 9 August 1986 in Kaiserslautern) is a German footballer. He played as a left winger and midfielder for VfL Bochum and Rot-Weiß Oberhausen.[1] In 2009, he won the 2009 UEFA Under-21 Championship with Germany national under-21 football team.
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[edit] Career
After starting his career at Bundesliga side 1. FC Kaiserslautern. He joined VfL Bochum in 2002 and came from the youth team to the first team in the Bundesliga. In the second half of the 2004–05 season, Grote came as an amateur in five league games are used. In summer 2005 he signed his professional contract.
It was 2005 in the German U-19 junior selection. In 2006 he was appointed to the U-20 national team. In February 2007 he was called up for the first time in the Germany Under-21 national team.
On 16 December 2005, he scored his first goal in the 88th Minute for a 1–0 victory in the second division match against Unterhaching. Easter Monday 2006, he earned promotion with VfL Bochum to the Bundesliga after winning 2. Bundesliga.
He scored his first Bundesliga goal on 5 May 2007 in a 3–0 away victory against Hamburger SV. In 2007 he signed a new deal with Bochum until the end of the 2011 season.[2] He also scored his first goal of the season against Hamburger in a 1–0 victory for Bochum in November 2009.[3][4] In his final season at Bochum during the 2010–11 season he only played eight times for them in the 1. Bundesliga.[5] During winter break 2010–11 he moved to Rot-Weiß Oberhausen on loan. However, Grote was unable to save them from relegation after playing 13 times, Oberhausen finished the season in 17th place and were relegated from 2. Bundesliga.
In August 2011, Grote joined Leeds United on trial.[6] In August 2011, he played for Leeds against Farsley Celtic.[7] He helped get two assists in the match for fellow German trialist Felix Luz.[8]
[edit] International career
Grote has played for Germany at various age levels, he won the 2009 UEFA Under-21 Championship with Germany in 2009, in the same side as the likes of Mesut Özil, Manuel Neuer and Sami Khedira.[2][9] He was an unused substitute against England Under 21's in the final.[10]
[edit] Honours
[edit] Germany Under 21's
[edit] Bochum
- Promotion to the first Bundesliga 2006 with VfL Bochum
| Club performance | League | Cup | Total | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season | Club | League | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| Germany | League | DFB-Pokal | Total | |||||
| 2003–04 | VfL Bochum II | Oberliga Westfalen | 2 | 0 | – | 2 | 0 | |
| 2004–05 | 4 | 0 | – | 4 | 0 | |||
| 2005–06 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 3 | ||
| 2006–07 | 6 | 0 | – | 6 | 0 | |||
| 2007–08 | 6 | 0 | – | 6 | 0 | |||
| 2008–09 | Regionalliga West | 4 | 1 | – | 4 | 1 | ||
| 2009–10 | 7 | 0 | – | 7 | 0 | |||
| 2004–05 | VfL Bochum | Bundesliga | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| 2005–06 | 2. Bundesliga | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 1 | |
| 2004–05 | Bundesliga | 16 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 17 | 1 | |
| 2007–08 | 18 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 20 | 1 | ||
| 2008–09 | 20 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 21 | 3 | ||
| 2009–10 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 1 | ||
| 2010–11 | 2. Bundesliga | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 0 | |
| 2010–11 | Rot-Weiß Oberhausen | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 0 | |
| 2011–12 | SC Preußen Münster | 3. Liga | 2 | 0 | – | 2 | 0 | |
| Total | Germany | 141 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 148 | 12 | |
| Career total | 141 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 148 | 12 | ||
[edit] References
- ^ "Grote, Dennis" (in German). kicker.de. http://www.kicker.de/news/fussball/2bundesliga/vereine/2-bundesliga/2010-11/vfl-bochum-8/34419/spieler_dennis-grote.html. Retrieved 1 June 2011.
- ^ a b "Dennis Grote". UEFA.com. http://www.uefa.com/teamsandplayers/players/player%3D99358/profile/index.html. Retrieved 6 January 2012.
- ^ "Grote Gets Bochum Going". Sportinglife.com. http://www.sportinglife.com/football/news/story_get.cgi?STORY_NAME=soccer/09/11/22/SOCCER_Hamburg_Nightlead.html. Retrieved 6 January 2012.
- ^ "www.ifotbol.com". www.ifotbol.com. http://www.ifotbol.com/f_photos_details.php?image_id=2c5f6ef03bc666c02cbe83d840102a4e.[dead link]
- ^ "Dennis Grote". ESPN Soccernet. http://soccernet.espn.go.com/player/_/id/84737/dennis-grote?cc=5739. Retrieved 6 January 2012.
- ^ Pyke, Chris (25 May 2010). "Transfer talk: Chelsea yet to agree a deal for Romelu Lukaku". The National. http://www.thenational.ae/sport/football/transfer-talk-chelsea-yet-to-agree-a-deal-for-lukaku. Retrieved 6 January 2012.
- ^ "Trialists In Frame At Farsley". Leeds United. 5 August 2011. http://www.leedsunited.com/news/20110805/trialists-in-frame-at-farsley_2247585_2411198. Retrieved 6 January 2012.
- ^ Hay, Phil (7 August 2011). "Leeds United: Whites eye Mendy deal". Yorkshire Evening Post. http://www.yorkshireeveningpost.co.uk/sport/leeds-united/latest-whites-news/leeds_united_whites_eye_mendy_deal_1_3656288?utm_medium=twitter&utm_source=twitterfeed. Retrieved 6 January 2012.
- ^ "Dennis Grote". Sky Sports. http://www.skysports.com/football/euro2008/player-profiles/0,23132,16266_132204,00.html.
- ^ "Germany v England - Final". TheFA.com. 29 June 2009. http://www.thefa.com/England/mens-under-21s/News/match-centre/2009/Germany%20v%20England%20-%20Final. Retrieved 6 January 2012.
[edit] External links
- Dennis Grote at fussballdaten.de (German)
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